NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Can Be Flashed To GeForce GTX 770.

JeffyB · 14 May 2013 at 01:22

Hmm still lower clocks than my stock jetstream but interesting none the less.

pgi947 · 14 May 2013 at 07:32

Hmm I hope nvidia don't screw their fan base over with pricing of this. Given its essentially a 680, which in turn still sits in that performance bracket between the 7970 & 7950 (even behind the 7950 at higher resolution). They'd surely be completely mad to price this around current 680 pricing?

Its not even like nvidia are big fans of price drops either

RavenXXX2 · 14 May 2013 at 07:50

Completely fail if they price it at £400, and then the 770ti AKA 670 at £300, I mean what is the point of these cards? 15 months on and this what they give us? re-badged 256 bit 2GB GPU's built on the cheap but priced higher than the better performing and higher spec AMD equivalents released in JAN 2012.

Will still get positive reviews even if it's tech from over a year a go and priced the same, 99% of reviewers are in Nvidia's pocket.

Rusty0611 · 14 May 2013 at 07:59

lmao - and here is nVidia's voltage locking of 600 series explained.

bru · 14 May 2013 at 07:59

RavenXXX2 said:
Completely fail if they price it at £400, and then the 770ti AKA 670 at £300, I mean what is the point of these cards? 15 months on and this what they give us?

The same as in the other thread, the 670 was released on may 10 and the 680 march 22 so it is only 12months for the 670, 13 months for the 680.

rare · 14 May 2013 at 08:01

What's happened to Nvidia, their launches used to be epic, now we get rehashed GPU's. Bah.

Jono8 · 14 May 2013 at 08:33

All it comes down to now is price. If the 770 is ~£300 or even less then they will be on to a winner. If it is £400, then it is totally pointless.

Kaapstad · 14 May 2013 at 08:37

It turns out they can not be flashed

http://www.techpowerup.com/183936/geforce-gtx-680-can-be-flashed-to-gtx-770.html

humbug · 14 May 2013 at 08:41

Kaapstad said:
It turns out they can not be flashed

http://www.techpowerup.com/183936/geforce-gtx-680-can-be-flashed-to-gtx-770.html

Even if it is just a re-branded 680 I doubt Nvidia would be stupid enough to leave a door wide open for you to flash a 680 into a 770.

mmj_uk · 14 May 2013 at 09:36

Even if it were possible it seems frivolous given that any differences are hardware based, what's the use in having a GTX680 labelled as a GTX770 when it lacks the differentiating features?

se_vietboi · 14 May 2013 at 09:39

This is rather unexciting. Over a year for such small performance gains?

humbug · 14 May 2013 at 09:40

mmj_uk said:
Even if it were possible it seems frivolous given that any differences are hardware based, what's the use in having a GTX680 labelled as a GTX770 when it lacks the differentiating features?

Are they hardware based? thats what we don't know, and are discussing here, or do you know something we don't?

Gregster · 14 May 2013 at 09:42

I read this thread when I got in from work last night and took it with a pinch of salt. After re-reading it this morning, it makes no sense why Nvidia would allow this and they are smart enough (one would think) to not slip up like this. It sounds more feasible that it is an altered Inf file and not a 770 BIOS at all.

andybird123 · 14 May 2013 at 09:48

Gregster said:
I read this thread when I got in from work last night and took it with a pinch of salt. After re-reading it this morning, it makes no sense why Nvidia would allow this and they are smart enough (one would think) to not slip up like this. It sounds more feasible that it is an altered Inf file and not a 770 BIOS at all.

this happens every time a new card is released - bios shots or 3dmark results showing [insert new card] which are then shown to be fake within a couple of days - does a great job of directing traffic to whatever advert laden website posts them though

varkanoid · 14 May 2013 at 09:51

it is pointless really. Its not like it unlocks any shaders or anything.

and nvidia have never rebadged a GPU card before have they ? No. never.

Is it really a surprise ?

Gregster · 14 May 2013 at 09:54

andybird123 said:
this happens every time a new card is released - bios shots or 3dmark results showing [insert new card] which are then shown to be fake within a couple of days - does a great job of directing traffic to whatever advert laden website posts them though

Very true. All the years I have seen supposed specs/Pics of actual cards/scores/ and they all prove to be attention seekers.

EyepodI · 14 May 2013 at 12:11

I got excited there for all of 3 minutes. Someone owes me 3 mins of my life back.

Random Guy · 14 May 2013 at 12:55

So this is the Kepler-fication of Kepler? In that case, I don't think its going to work as well as the 500 to 600 series jump did, but more importantly it leaves the market wide open for AMD's next GPU.

555BUK · 14 May 2013 at 14:30

Looks like 600 to 700 will offer a smaller jump than 400 to 500 series did (gimped Titan excluded). At least NVidia activated some extra shaders and made GPU refinements when jumping from GTX470/480 to 570/580. The 700 re brands appear to offer nothing new. Why not just released gimped-Titan as a GTX685? It makes little sense the "old" GTX690 being much faster than the "new" GTX780.

Sin_Chase · 14 May 2013 at 15:34

EyepodI said:
I got excited there for all of 3 minutes. Someone owes me 3 mins of my life back.

Why?

The 680 hardware does not magically change with a new BIOS.

Even if you COULD flash a 7xx series card to a 680 it would make ABSOLUTELY NO DIFFERENCE.